Passiflora
by Superstudio
- year1967
- typologytable lamp
- dimension30[l] x 41[w] x 29[h] cm
- materialsyellow and opaline white PMMA
- bulb1 x LED A60 E27 10W [max] 6400K
- weight1,5 kg
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NEW DAY. NEW LIGHT. 🌼✨
Some lights illuminate a room. Others illuminate an idea.
Designed by Superstudio for Poltronova in 1967, Passiflora is far more than a table lamp. Born from a painted cardboard prototype created for the legendary Superarchitettura exhibition (1966), one of the founding manifestos of Radical Design, it transformed an experimental object into a luminous domestic sculpture.
Its deformed column oscillates between nature and artifice, creating an object that is both functional and conceptual. Produced in yellow and opaline white PMMA, Passiflora emits a soft, diffused light while preserving the playful ambiguity that defined Superstudio’s revolutionary approach to design. More than fifty years later, it continues to challenge what a lamp can be.
📍 Made in Italy by Poltronova.
#Poltronova #Superstudio #PassifloraLamp #ItalianDesign #LightingDesign
📸 Cover shot by Serena Eller Vainicher @serenaeller : Eller Studio @ellerstudio
🌼 Passiflora table lamp (1968) by Superstudio
#Poltronova #PassifloraLamp #Superstudio #RadicalDesign #ItalianDesign
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📍 XS, @isaloniofficial April 8–13 2025
📸 @serenaeller @francesco_marano8 : @ellerstudio
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Passiflora lamp Poltronova, Superstudio 1966 Superarchitettura, luminous PMMA column, radical Italian lighting fixture, collectible design history piece, Salone del Mobile, pop flower shaped lamp
Not fully visible, nor entirely absent.
These objects aren’t simply on display: they hide, reveal, refract, disappear and reappear among textures and reflections.
Sensitive presences—engaged in a dialogue with surfaces, imagination, and time.
You don’t look at them. They observe you.
1. Ultrafragola mirror/lamp by Ettore Sottsass jr., 1970
2. Joe armchair by De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi, 1970 and Joe Ball by D’Urbino, Lomazzi, 2020 in vintage leather
3. Mies armchair by Archizoom Associati, 1969
4. Passiflora table lamp by Superstudio, 1967
📸 Photo credits @serenaeller @francesco_marano8 : @ellerstudio
#Poltronova #Ultrafragola #UltrafragolaMirror #EttoreSottsass #JoeArmchair #JoeChair #JoeBall #MiesArmchair #PassifloraLamp
#DDL #Superstudio #ArchizoomAssociati #DePasDUrbinoLomazzi #Design #Furniture #InteriorDesign
Elle Decor: Alchemica
Poltronova was present at Palazzo Bovara for the exhibition ALCHEMICA, curated by Patricia Urquiola. The installation featured a composition of two complete SAFARI sofas (Archizoom Associati), specially upholstered in custom violet eco-fur for the occasion, and the PASSIFLORA table lamps (Superstudio).
For the 2025 Milano Design Week, Elle Decor intertwined its vision with the metaphor of alchemy—an ancient practice exploring the transformation of matter as both a physical process and a symbol of growth and change. The exhibition was structured around the three fundamental stages of the alchemical process—Nigredo, Albedo, and Rubedo—each represented through spaces evoking the most symbolic rooms of the home.
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📸 Photo credits @serenaeller : @ellerstudio
Centro Studi Poltrova presented:
🌼 PASSIFLORA, table lamp by Superstudio
🐆 SAFARI, imperial sofa by Archizoom Associati
Centro Studi Poltronova for
Elle Decor: Alchemica
A project by Elle Decor Italia @elledecoritalia
Concept and exhibition design @patricia_urquiola
Lighting design @valeriotiberi @k5600design
Landscape design @antonio.perazzi
Exhibition design coordination @netsuke_studio
#Poltronova #ElleDecor #Alchemica #PatriciaUrquiola #SafariSofa #PassifloraLamp #Superstudio #ArchizoomAssociati #PalazzoBovara #MDW25
Elle Decor: Alchemica
Poltronova was present at Palazzo Bovara for the exhibition ALCHEMICA, curated by Patricia Urquiola. The installation featured a composition of two complete SAFARI sofas (Archizoom Associati), specially upholstered in custom violet eco-fur for the occasion, and the PASSIFLORA table lamps (Superstudio).
For the 2025 Milano Design Week, Elle Decor intertwined its vision with the metaphor of alchemy—an ancient practice exploring the transformation of matter as both a physical process and a symbol of growth and change. The exhibition was structured around the three fundamental stages of the alchemical process—Nigredo, Albedo, and Rubedo—each represented through spaces evoking the most symbolic rooms of the home.
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Centro Studi Poltronova for
Elle Decor: Alchemica
A project by Elle Decor Italia @elledecoritalia
Concept and exhibition design @patricia_urquiola
Lighting design @valeriotiberi @k5600design
Landscape design @antonio.perazzi
Exhibition design coordination @netsuke_studio
📸 Photo credits @serenaeller : @ellerstudio
Centro Studi Poltrova presented:
🌼 PASSIFLORA, table lamp by Superstudio
🐆 SAFARI, imperial sofa by Archizoom Associati
#Poltronova #ElleDecor #Alchemica #PatriciaUrquiola #SafariSofa #PassifloraLamp #Superstudio #ArchizoomAssociati #PalazzoBovara #MDW25
What happens when the domestic landscape dissolves—what remains?
Centro Studi Poltronova presents
XS
Salone Internazionale del Mobile
Rho Fiera Milano, Hall 24 | Booth D33
Milano Design Week 2025
April 7-13
Don’t miss:
@elledecoritalia
Elle Decor: Alchemica
A project by Elle Decor Italia
Palazzo Bovara, corso Venezia 51, Milan
April 7-13
Interior and Exhibition Design Patricia Urquiola
Lighting Design Valerio Tiberi
Landscape Design Studio Antonio Perazzi
Interior Design Coordination Netsuke Studio
-- #safarisofa by Archizoom Associati
-- #passifloralamp by Superstudio
@adidesignmuseum
Best of Both Worlds: ITALY. Art and Design in Italy 1915 – 2025
April 1 – June 15, 2025
Conceived and curated by Stefano Casciani
Exhibition and graphic design by Piero Lissoni / GraphX
Ph. Credits Michele Nastasi, Courtesy of ADI Design museum
-- #gherpelamp by Superstudio
-- #sanremolamp by Archizoom Associati
-- #ultrafragolamirror by Ettore Sottsass jr.
@triennalemilano
Franco Raggi: Unstable Thoughts
Triennale di Milano, Design Platform
Until April 13
Curated by Marco Sammicheli e Francesca Pellicciari
Exhibition project by Piovenefabi
-- #cantonbench by Franco Raggi
@triennalemilano
Forme Mobili
Triennale di Milano, Museo del Design Italiano
Until April 13
Curated by Marco Sammicheli
Exhibition project Luca Stoppini
-- #gherpelamp by Superstudio
-- #miesarmchair by Archizoom Associati
-- #ultrafragolamirror by Ettore Sottsass jr.
#Poltronova #MilanoDesignWeek2025 #MDW25 #SaloneDelMobile2025 #SaloneDelMobile #SaloneDelMobileMilano #TriennaleMilano #Adi #ElleDecor #AdiDesignMuseum #TriennaleMilano #EttoreSottsass
ＸＳ stands for ＥＸＴＲＡ ＳＵＰＥＲＳＴＵＤＩＯ
Salone Internazionale del Mobile
Rho Fiera, Milan
Hall 24, Booth D33
April 8–13 / 9.30 am – 6.30 pm
XS is an exhibition presenting a selection of Poltronova’s iconic designs — like Passiflora by Superstudio, 1967 — alongside something unexpected.
🌼 The Passiflora lighting fixture comes from a painted cardboard prototype made for the exhibition “Superarchitettura” [December 1966], a manifesto of Radical Design.
🌼 The cardboard was replaced with a light–permeable material, transforming Passiflora into a truncated luminous column: a column whose deformed profile wavers between natural and artificial, in a game of allusions and ambiguities, corresponding to the statement of intent of Superstudio, summed up in the text “Invention Design and Evasion Design”.
🎵 Audio track by Tyops — @TyopsSounds on YouTube
#Poltronova #Superstudio #Passiflora #PassifloraLamp #RadicalDesign #PopDesign #Design #ItalianDesign #MadeInItaly #MilanoDesignWeek #MilanoDesignWeek2025 #Fuorisalone2025 #DesignWeek2025 #SaloneDelMobile #MDW2025 #MDW #SaloneDelMobile2025
Poltronova | Passiflora Lamp | Table Lamp | Superstudio | Lighting Fixture | Interior Design | Salone del Mobile 2025 | Radical Design
GHERPE + PASSIFLORA: SUPERSTUDIO 🐌🌼📖
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